Biosecurity
The Killer Bees Are Still Not Coming
In October 1957, a beekeeper at a research station near Rio Claro, Brazil, took the queen excluders off some hives carrying African…
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Standing up for Canada's commercial beekeepers.
A faster, more inclusive advocacy organisation working on the policies, programs and border issues that affect honey producers, pollinators, and queen and nuc breeders.
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News & updates
Honey Fraud
Ottawa promised food security and left beekeepers out of it
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · August 28, 2026 OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 — Canada launched its first National Food…
Biosecurity
The Mite a Certificate Can’t Stop
A parasite that could break commercial beekeeping is moving toward North America. Canada’s main line of defence is…
Honey
The Currency of Trust: We Police Banknotes But Ignore Our Food
There is a beehive carved into the Bank of England’s own iconography. It has been there a long…
Why we exist
What we do
Advocate
Representing commercial producers on national and international policy, programs and trade issues that affect competitiveness.
React faster
A more inclusive, flexible body that can move quickly when problems hit producers — complementing existing councils, not replacing them.
Connect
Bringing large beekeepers, pollinators, honey producers and queen and nuc breeders together around shared national interests.
Add your operation's weight to the national table.
Membership funds the advocacy, the lobbying and the rapid response. Tiers are available for operations of every size, with a dedicated seat for commercial producers running 500 hives or more.
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Commercial tier (500+ hives) from $2,500